All the rooms?and the pool?are made from shipping containers Whether it?s tiny homes or camper vans, alternative dwellings are all the rage. But in a sea of unique living spaces, nothing says upcycled downsizing quite like the shipping container.
More than any other tiny house, shipping containers are a blank slate; we?ve seen a downtrodden container transformed into urban farms, off-the-grid getaways, and even all-in-one pools. Made using the thousands of surplus containers that sit on docks around the world, shipping container homes offer durability and an eco-friendly alternative in a compact space.
On the heels of companies starting to offer sleek, customizable shipping container homes for purchase, a new trend has emerged: the shipping container hotel. In Round Top, Texas, for example, Flophouze Hotel offers six shipping containers available for nightly rentals. With rates starting at $175 per night, each unit boasts a living room, kitchen, bedroom with luxury Matteo linens, and a private bath.
All the materials used to repurpose the containers aim to show upcycling in action, from the containers themselves to the reclaimed lumber from a distillery in Kentucky. The windows were salvaged from a school in Philadelphia, the cabinet bases came from a laboratory in Brooklyn, and even the counter tops are old bowling alley floors from Texas.
The shipping container decor comes from Recycling the Past, a sister company that specializes in architectural salvage and ...